If most of what you report did occur, the mediator certainly acted beyond his powers and should have disqualified himself upon being appointed. But I find it hard to believe all these things happened. A mediator can not order how and to whom any payments are to be made, could not state you would be unable to testify at trial, or would bully you. His telling you you had to agree to the settlement would be improper, but you could have refused. You could try to back out of the agreement, but I doubt you would be able to convince any judge that these things happened and gave you no choice but to settle.
Answered on Aug 03rd, 2017 at 5:19 PM